Fastener for gloves.



No. 628,660. Patented July I899.

A. F. a E. r. HALL. FASTENER FOR GLOVES.

(Ap plication filed Jan. 14, 1599.

'No Model.)

NITED STATES PATENT OFFicE.

AGUSTIEN F. HALL AND EDWIN HALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

.FASTEN ER FOR GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,660, dated July 11,1899.

Application filed January 14, 1899. Serial No: 702,133. (No model.)

phia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Fasteners for Gloves, &c., which improvement is fully set forth inthe following specification and accompanying drawings.

Our invention consists of an improvement in a fastener for a glove orother wearing ap parel or garment, a package-carrier, &c., the sameembodying means for connection with one part of the article to which thefastener is applicable and engagement with the other part thereof, aswill be hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a fastener embodying ourinvention. Figs. 2 and 3 represent side elevations thereof. Fig. atrepresents a plan view thereof. Fig. 5 represents a section on line a;00, Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the body of the fastener, thesame consisting of the transverse member or bar B, the inturned membersor limbs O at the ends of said bar, the arms D, diverging from saidlimbs, and the jaws E at the converged ends of said limbs, said jawsconverging and thus flaring and being below said bar at or about thecenter of said bar and separated therefrom, leaving the space or throatF between them for the location of the contiguous portion of the articleto which the fastener is applied, it being noticed that said article isprovided with a tongue, such. as G, which is inserted through the spaceF into position between the bar B and arms D, the limbs G limiting theforward movement of the device, owing to their abutment against theclosed end of said tongue, the jaws E being below said tongue. Theportion of the article to be fastened opposite the said tongue isprovided with eyelets or openings H, and when the ends of the articleare brought together the jaws are inserted in the proper eyelet, thusfastening the article, it being noticed that the greater the outwardstrain on the fastener the greater will be its holding power withoutliability of the fastener to leave its position on 1 the tongue G. Itwill also bejnoticed that the arms E are elastic in their nature, sothat elasticity is impartedto said jaws, whereby when they are presentedto the eyelet and forced thereinto they are brought together, and whenin position they expand sufliciently to take a firm hold of the eyelet,the noses of the jaws being also somewhat curved, thus increasing thereliability of connection of the jaws with said eyelet.

The jaws are flaring downwardly, so that when they are presented to theeyelet H they ride on the inner wall thereof and so are contracted orclosed until their diverging ends pass said wall, when the jaws springapart and so are interlocked with said eyelet and remain so untilsubjected to superior force, when they are again contracted or closed,and so emerge from the eyelet.

When the jaws are seated in the eyelet, the curved ends or noses of thejaws form shoulders acting as hooks, so that they take firmer hold ofthe eyelet and are prevented from slipping therefrom unless released bythe superior force, as above.

The tongue may be an integral piece of the article or a separate piecefastened thereto, and it is evident that the fastener may be removedtherefrom by sliding it from said tongue.

In practice the various members of the fastener are formed of acontinuous piece of wire.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fastener of the character stated consisting of a transverse barmember, inturned limbs on the ends of said member, converging arms onsaid limbs projecting toward and extending under said bar member andjaws on said arms adjacent to said bar memher, said arms being below andseparated from said bar member forming a throat for the entrance andseating of the attached article limited by said transverse limbs.

2. A transverse bar member having limbs inturned on the ends thereof,arms continuous of said limbs converging toward said bar member andextending under the same and jaws on said arms at about the center ofsaid member, said jaws being elastic and said. arms being separated fromsaid bar forming a throat for the entrance and seating of a tongue ofthe attached article.

3. -A fastener of the character stated,'consisting of a transverse barmember, elastic diverging arms projecting from the rear ends of saidmember to the forward end thereof, and elastic flaring jaws projectingdownwardly from said arms to and beneath the forward end of said barmember, said arms being separated from said bar member forming a throatfor the entrance and seating of a tongue of the attached article limitedby said transverse limbs, whereby the device is 15 self-fastened on saidarticle.

4, A transverse bar member, inturned limbs on the rear ends thereof,converging arms continuous of said limbs projecting to and under saidmember, and jaws on said arms beneath said member, said arms beingseparated from said bar member by a throat and said jaws being flaringand shouldered.

AGUSTIEN F. HALL. EDYVIN F. HALL. YVitnesses:

J OHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. 0. WIED RsHEIM.

